Warm-summer Mediterranean
Astoria, Oregon
Clatsop County, Oregon · Population 10k · 33 ft elevation
Living in Astoria
Astoria has a warm-summer mediterranean climate: cool summers (July highs around 67°F) and mild winters (January lows around 38°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 70″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (2″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Astoria: about 27% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Astoria at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 33 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 70″99th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 2″32th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,235 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $422k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,135/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $70k44th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.80%36th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.598th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%
- Violent crime rate
- 315 per 100k73th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,505 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 27%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,804 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 38°F | 10.6″ | 1.0″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 37°F | 7.2″ | 0.3″ | 120 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 39°F | 7.9″ | 0.1″ | 143 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 41°F | 5.8″ | — | 185 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 64°F | 51°F | 2.3″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jul | 67°F | 54°F | 0.8″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 69°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 50°F | 2.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 45°F | 6.7″ | — | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 40°F | 11.1″ | — | 101 hrs |
| Dec | 49°F | 38°F | 10.7″ | 0.3″ | 83 hrs |
Near Astoria
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology